The Bloody Truth
Dani Adams-Valenzuela, Guest Writer
December 16, 2019
Imagine this: you’re sitting in study hall, when suddenly your friend whispers to you - “Do you have a tampon?” You say yes and discreetly, secretly, slide it to her. She walks to the bathroom with it up her sleeve to make sure nobody sees. This is a scenario that every girl in our high sch...
Holiday Culture of Ames High School: The Different Celebrations of Students
Akshata Gandhe, Reporter
December 16, 2019
Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year celebrates the beginning of the new year according to the Chinese calendar. Tiffany Rong, a senior at Ames High shared her family traditions and how they maintain their culture even in the US. One of her favorite traditions includes cooking dumplings with her gran...
Cafes in Ames: Study Review
Akshata Gandhe, Zoe Mamakos, and Seth Bequette
December 16, 2019
Lockwood Cafe Located right outside of a neighborhood on the west side of Ames, the Lockwood Cafe is filled with great amounts of light and cool unique features. For only opening an indoor location recently, it’s a new and upcoming place to get some studying done. With free, easily accessible wifi a...
The Gallant Efforts of Girl Up
Akshata Gandhe, Reporter
October 25, 2019
As we approach the end of the first quarter, we all can agree that being at school has gotten a bit monotonous. What better of keeping yourself occupied than joining Ames High Girl Up! Girl Up is an initiative of the United Nations Foundation and its goal is to address the fifth sustainable development...
Building Inclusivity: Seniors Becoming a Collective
Zoe Mamakos, Co-editor
October 25, 2019
We all know it’s coming. The end of an era, of everything we’ve known for 18 years of life. The last year of high school. The last year of childhood. Where the people you’ve known: the people who have defined you, simply become memories and photographs of all the crazy stories that you te...
Alexa, Play Africa By Toto
Zoe Mamakos and Tim Mooney
October 25, 2019
Bare mango trees, empty, with unripe ones growing on top, are just out of reach. Long dirt roads are beaten down by the radiant African sun. Beautiful greenery, filled in every space you pass, is in every corner you turn. Echoing voices of fragmented English resonate from the classroom. The simple exch...
The Lone Kid Behind Lonewolf
Dani Adams-Valenzuela, Guest Writer
October 25, 2019
In some ways, senior Bjorn Iverson is similar to many other Ames High students. He is a member of quiz bowl and marching band, and he enjoys being a part of a team. If you know him, he is most definitely ‘supportive, relaxed, and encouraging,’ the three words he used to describe his character. But wha...
Jonny’s Big Break
Jonathan Watt, Opinion Editor
May 30, 2019
Between the time it’s taken me to start writing this and the time I actually started writing this, I’ve scrolled through 6 Spotify playlists and watched a total of 33 Youtube videos (I counted in my history). It has been two hours. I guess it’s just hard to write about something that is seem...
Sparkman: A bird finally set free..
Akshata Gandhe, Profiles Editor
May 22, 2019
From derivatives and integrals to chain rules, Stuart Sparkman has saved every struggling AP Calculus student at this school. Mostly known as the “Calc God” by several students, Sparkman has been around teaching Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus for a long time at Ames High School. He probably taught...
The final mic drop: Spence’s farewell after 9 years at Ames high
Zoe Mamakos, In-depth Editor
May 17, 2019
Imagine the perfect scene. A gym, lacking air conditioning, fills with over a thousand students. Full of underclassmen, upperclassmen, the best teachers, the worst teachers, and the okay teachers all together in one space. The skippers have skipped, the ISU class attendees are at their classes, and the ...
December 16, 2019
As high school students, we spend hours procrastinating. One thing we all struggle with is time management, with all the schoolwork, extracurriculars and the pressure of having...
December 15, 2019
Keyboard keys racing as a harmonious sound escapes from a choir practice room. The familiar, recognizable sound of the Amélie theme song brightens the bleak fluorescent lighting...
December 16, 2019
I think it is safe to say that basically everyone alive knows the Terminator series. If you don't, please feel free to leave this article and go read something else. For those...
Akshata Gandhe, Zoe Mamakos, and Seth Bequette
December 16, 2019
Lockwood Cafe Located right outside of a neighborhood on the west side of Ames, the Lockwood Cafe is filled with great amounts of light and cool unique features. For only...